Imhoff v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

The conviction is for robbery by assault; punishment was assessed at 99 years’ confinement.

Appellant, in his first of three grounds of error, alleges that the trial court erroneously allowed a money bag to be introduced, since it was obtained as the result of an illegal arrest and search. Specifical ly, he charges that the arresting officer did not possess sufficient probable cause to make the warrantless search of the interior of the automobile in which he was traveling.

The circumstances surrounding the arrest are as follows: the arresting officer testified that on the…